Pau Gasol gets run over by Blake Griffin

Clippers forward Blake Griffin did Wednesday what he normally does during a game and that's dunk. His explosive, high-flying act is a spectacular sight, if you can see it.

But in this case, Pau Gasol never saw two of those dunks coming.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zC6FwswWDHo

Griffin set the tone of the game in the first quarter when he caught a rebound with two hands and threw it down with such power, it brought the Clippers bench to their feet and Gasol reeling to the floor.

Griffin had another epic dunk in the third quarter -- again climbing over Gasol's back that seemed to irritate the Spaniard. The two got into a brief scrum late in the game as they raced down the court.

"He tries to be physical I guess. He tries to play his game," Gasol said. "I hope he doesn't intend to be dirty ... There were a couple of plays that were extra. But you just play through it. You have to play through it, stand up and compete."

But he had a feeling, especially in the face and throat area where Griffin's elbow landed on the way up.

"The ball went in, I was on my (rear)," Gasol said. "And again, I looked up, stood up and talked to the referee and (told him) I had a (expletive) forearm in my face and my throat and that needs to be something that needs to be looked at."

Gasol said he would probably watch replays of the two dunks, "not because I have a great desire to watch it (but because) my teammates told me that it was pretty impressive."

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